#5E176D#5E176D

#5E176D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.148 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E176D
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(290, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 43.82, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 55.46, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.1133 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.148 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6825, 4.0970, 14.8512)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E176D #266D17

analogous

#33176D #5E176D #6D1751

triadic

#5E176D #6D5E17 #176D5E

tetradic

#5E176D #6D3317 #266D17 #17516D

square

#5E176D #6D3317 #266D17 #17516D

split-complementary

#5E176D #516D17 #176D33

monochromatic

#160519 #320C3A #5E176D #8A22A0 #B52CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#5E176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5E176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E176D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E176D	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.148 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5d97',
    500: '#5e176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e176d;
$custom-light: #8f5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.535,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36411,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E176D

secondary

#4FA33D

accent

#E8405D

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E176D

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